Kore 2 is a combined software and hardware system for hosting and controlling plug-ins, and, as its name would suggest, is successor to Kore 1 (reviewed in the July 2006 issue of Sound On Sound). The software runs stand-alone, or as a VST, AU or RTAS plug-in within your DAW of choice, and promises a range of benefits to studio producers, composers and live performers.

Kore provides a workstation-like front-end for your sounds and effects, allowing you to pull patches from your plug-in collection into a centralised library of Koresounds. You also gain hands-on control of key parameters from a single plug-in interface and hardware device. This lets you abstract yourself from the underlying sound sources, and deal with your sounds as a unified palette.

The host shell provides a structure for layering and chaining multiple plug-ins into larger blocks that can then be used as single plug-in inserts. This brings exciting possibilities for sound design and for saving complex effects chains, or sound Multis, in Kore-speak. Kore can also prove useful for musicians wishing to use virtual instruments on stage or in sessions.

NOTE
This is the final version of Kore 2, with 64-bit support and never released for Mac.
Kore 2 and their integrated VST plugins are cracked so this release should work fine.
Please open ReadMe.txt and follow the instructions carefully for a successfull installation.